It has been an emotional week for Mary Kennedy after her son jetted off to the Southern Hemisphere for 12 months of travelling across Asia and Oceania.

Eoin Foster, aged 29, left Ireland for a flight to Colombo ahead of visiting the exotic sites of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

The RTE presenter told us: "They are heading on to Melbourne before coming back for six weeks for his brother's wedding.

"They have also decided to go to Japan for the Rugby World Cup, as you do. They have saved hard for it."

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Mary says that she will miss him alot, but she is already planning to visit him in Australia for his birthday in the winter.

She said: "He is turning 30 in October and I told him that I will be there no matter where it is in the world. I think he is going to be in Australia, which is good because I have never been there before, so I better start saving as well."

This comes after we revealed that her eldest son Tom is getting married this summer.